NNA – Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday the Israel-Gaza conflict showed the ldquo;failurerdquo; of Washingtonrsquo;s Middle East policy and called the creation of ldquo;an independent sovereign Palestinian staterdquo; a ldquo;necessity.rdquo;
The Russian leader made the comments while meeting Iraqrsquo;s Prime Minister Mohammed Shia Al-Sudani in Moscow, days after Hamas launched a massive attack on Israel.
ldquo;I think many people would agree with me that itrsquo;s a clear example of the failure of US politics in the Middle East,rdquo; Putin said.
He spoke of the ldquo;necessity to implement the decisions of the UN Security Council on the creation of an independent sovereign Palestinian state.rdquo;
Putin said the US had ldquo;tried to monopolize regulating (the conflict) but, unfortunately, were not preoccupied with looking for compromises that would be acceptable for both sides.rdquo;
The West had ldquo;not taken into account the fundamental interests of the Palestinian people,rdquo; he said.
A day earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the creation of a Palestinian state was the ldquo;most reliablerdquo; solution for peace in Israel.
The Kremlin said earlier on Tuesday that a visit by Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, planned before the Hamas attack on Israel, to Moscow was in preparation but did not give a date.
Moscow has said it was concerned that a foreign player could enter the conflict after the US moved warships closer to its ally Israel.–AFP
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